Are no. But, from what I know, they still negotiating the WTA rights, but it looks difficult. I don't think that they're trying some more ATP tournaments. Mainly because Eurosport already lost the rights of that tournaments for other channels (like SportTv in Portugal).

ATP 1000 and 500 are impossible, but 250 tournaments would make sense. And they are sold individually. It would just seem so odd if they would show just three Slams. The biggest tournaments in tennis, but nothing else.

According to the Tennis Forum both The Scandinavian Eurosport and German Eurosport are still negotiating about something. Probably not about the WTA rights. If we go by your info, there seems to be huge negotiations about one 250 tournament?

Are no. But, from what I know, they still negotiating the WTA rights, but it looks difficult. I don't think that they're trying some more ATP tournaments. Mainly because Eurosport already lost the rights of that tournaments for other channels (like SportTv in Portugal).

This might be good. Eurosport's almost sole focus on WTA matches can be really annoying. Not even speaking of the random switches to other sports during matches.

spot on. I hate eurosport. Shoving in commercials every chance they get; switching halfway during a good match because Sharapova will blow another clueless teenager offcourt and that is more interesting .

Really, it can't get any worse, just as long as it will still be televised.

Don't talk about what you don't know. Eurosport will just stay with Roland Garros, Australian Open, US Open, Queens and just 2 or 3 more tournaments. Just that, anything more. True information, won't be Miguel Seabra (from Eurosport Portugal) my friend.

According to the Tennis Forum both The Scandinavian Eurosport and German Eurosport are still negotiating about something. Probably not about the WTA rights. If we go by your info, there seems to be huge negotiations about one 250 tournament?

Great news. After Henin retired, the WTA clay season has been an utter mugfest every year.

The whole WTA is a mugfest, not just the clay season. Three hours of pushing and all that other nonsense. But I have no clue what the WTA is thinking. They won't get a better partner than Eurosport. No major network is gonna pay for that anything special. If the WTA executives think they can get a good deal, they are 10 years too late.

Yes, my list was correct then. Eurosport has three. That's two more than Sky and ITV. I wouldn't call that shitting. US Open rights are obviously pretty weak at the US Open. But the rest of Europe gets Ashe and Armstrong from start to finish live.

On a another note while we are laughing at Eurosport. This thread is titled Eurosport Loses Roland Garros TV rights. Yeah, sure did.

The Tennis Forum is going crazy because it looks like Eurosport won't be showing the WTA after this year. This probably means that they start showing some ATP 250 stuff next year. And maybe they'll push for the ATP rights in 2014! That means Bradnam will commentate all the Masters 1000 and Grand Slam finals for years to come. And he would be the GOAT commentator.

Great news. After Henin retired, the WTA clay season has been an utter mugfest every year. All WTA players should be relegated to outside courts during RG, until at least one of them learns how to properly slide, move and hit with spin, rather than mindlessly ballbashing like they do on hard courts.

Oh, they have showed hundreds and hundreds hours of tennis every year for 25 years and now they will show three Grand Slams and three other tournaments during the whole year? That's not even clever. They have to have some kind of small build up before the tournaments. Maybe some claycourt events before RG and some hardcourt events before US.

Besides, how will they fill the missing hours? Armwrestling and some wrestling from the 80's?

And what I know of, Eurosport is pretty different in different countries. Eurosport Germany is different than Eurosport Portugal. And so is Eurosport Scandinavia, or British Eurosport.

Good example is the US Open. Apparently the Brits get a only the first week live, when the rest of Europe gets the whole two weeks. A huge difference, but the same channel.

TigerTim: Does ITV shit on Eurosport in Australia and US Open? And does BBC shit on them during US Open? Or does Sky Sports shit on them during RG? Or is it so that only Eurosport shows those three Slams?

Here Eurosport get the outside courts- the matches Sky don't want. Sky get Arthur Ashe and Armstrong at all times and in the 2nd week Eurosport's coverage dries up as they run out of matches.

Don't talk about what you don't know. Eurosport will just stay with Roland Garros, Australian Open, US Open, Queens and just 2 or 3 more tournaments. Just that, anything more. True information, won't be Miguel Seabra (from Eurosport Portugal) my friend.

Oh, they have shown hundreds and hundreds hours of tennis every year for 25 years and now they will show three Grand Slams and three other tournaments during the whole year? That's not even clever. They have to have some kind of small build up before the tournaments. Maybe some claycourt events before RG and some hardcourt events before US.

And by the way I'm just guessing here. I don't have some Portuguese Eurosport commentators as my buddies.

Besides, how will they fill the missing hours? Armwrestling, rock-paper-scissors and some wrestling from the 80's?

And what I know of, Eurosport is pretty different in different countries. Eurosport Germany is different than Eurosport Portugal. And so is Eurosport Scandinavia, or British Eurosport.

Good example is the US Open. Apparently the Brits get a only the first week live, when the rest of Europe gets the whole two weeks. A huge difference, but the same channel.

TigerTim: Does ITV shit on Eurosport in Australia and US Open? And does BBC shit on them during US Open? Or does Sky Sports shit on them during RG? Or does only Eurosport show those three Slams? ITV has one? Sky has one? BBC has two? Well that's not much to shit about.

09-15-2012 01:23 AM

Ramsay

Re: Eurosport Loses Roland Garros Tv rights

Don't talk about what you don't know. Eurosport will just stay with Roland Garros, Australian Open, US Open, Queens and just 2 or 3 more tournaments. Just that, anything more. True information, won't be Miguel Seabra (from Eurosport Portugal) my friend.

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